Holidays And Recipes Food Cooking International Guide
Holidays And Thanksgiving Weekend Festivities
By Imogen T Stubbs
In 1621, the Indians and the English settlers enjoyed a feast
of venison and wild fowl. In the 1800s, magazine articles detailed
Thanksgiving recipes of stuffing, biscuits, gravy, mashed potatoes,
cranberry and turkey. Following union victories, President Lincoln
officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
As one of the most long-standing American traditions, Thanksgiving
holidays and travel have gone hand-in-hand, as we review our options
and concoct appropriate arrangements to see our far-flung family
members for an extravagant feast.
Where will you go this Thanksgiving? Perhaps you can convince
your brothers, sisters and parents to meet up in a central location
and party like the pilgrims. Yes, that is a joke, since the pious
pilgrims did not, for all intents and purposes, party.
Going To The Most Popular Destination For Thanksgiving
Plymouth, Massachusetts is one of the most popular destinations
for Thanksgiving and offers good value. What better place to celebrate
Thanksgiving than where the Pilgrims and Indians had their first
feast in 1621? Your family can attend one of the many Harvest
Dinners, sample New England clam chowder and eat your fill of
duck and cheese near the Great Lakes.
America’s Hometown Celebration is well known for its extravagant
Thanksgiving Day parade, with replica floats of the Mayflower
and a Victorian church. Your family will enjoy concerts, costumed
actors, food samplings and festivities all throughout Thanksgiving
weekend.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
New York City is another popular Thanksgiving travel destination.
Holidays and parades go hand-in-hand, but no Thanksgiving Day
parade is more well-known than Macy’s, which attracts 2.5 million
people to the streets of New York, and another 44 million tuning
in to NBC.
You’ll have to get up early, bundle up and take thermoses of
hot apple cider, but your kids will love the balloons, floats,
marching bands, clowns and celebrities. There are tons of places
offering gourmet turkey dinners, from the upscale Aureole where
you can have three courses for $115, to Cucina & Co for a
$20 meal. Gallagher’s Steakhouse and the Village Restaurant are
other good, mid-range bets.
Thanksgiving Packages Are Available
In addition to eating, you’ll enjoy deep discounts all holiday
weekend at the big department stores and boutiques. At www.nycvp.com,
you can arrange a Thanksgiving package that includes accommodations
close to the parade route, parade party brunch, tickets to the
Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring the Rockettes, Thanksgiving
dinner, tickets to a Broadway show and other sightseeing or walking
tour add-ons.
Each state has its own celebrations for holidays and the Thanksgiving
weekend festivities are some of the best. For instance, Arizona
has the Fountain Hills Thanksgiving Day parade and the Arizona
Road Racers Thanksgiving Day Classic. Texas has tons of events:
ice skating Santas and pyrotechnic acrobats in Dallas, not to
mention the big annual NFL football game.
The Wonderland Of Lights
There is the living historical museum displays in Fredericksburg,
Thanksgiving sunset safaris in Glen Rose, Youth Rodeo Roping in
Sweetwater, religious celebrations in Dallas, the Washington Mutual
Thanksgiving parade in Houston on November 24th and the Wonderland
of Lights in Marshall. Some families like to spend their Thanksgiving
in Minnesota at the Mall of America.
Not only is there an indoor amusement park for kids and a Thanksgiving
at Camp Snoopy dinner in Bloomington, but you’ll also be nice
and close for Black Friday shopping. The bottom line is that Thanksgiving
is about family, so no matter where you end up, it will be a time
to remember.
About the Author:
Imogen T Stubbs has written a number of articles on kitchen, food
and cooking including First
Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving
Feast, Hot
Water, Refrigerator
Water Filter, Water
Filtering System, Whole
House Water.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles on this website.
Did You Know?
Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and wonderful casseroles all
mark an important tradition. It is a time to gather together with
friends and loved ones to celebrate all that everyone is thankful
for. What is this tradition?
It is Thanksgiving and it holds an important part in many people’s
lives. Even though this holiday differs in other countries, it
is still a time of celebration.
Eating a filling meal and settling back to watch a football
game is only one piece of its tradition. If you are hosting a
big dinner to celebrate, you are going to need the right supplies.
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